01-28-2022, 11:33 AM
(01-28-2022, 11:20 AM)SleepingHero Wrote:
Agreed. But the way Lowe framed it made it seem like Brunson has intentions of going elsewhere.
Defcon 1 scenario is we keep him past the deadline and Brunson flees to NYK and we get nothing in return. With no cap space and very little assets the Mavs are screwed. With that in mind, cashing in on Brunson now seems more and more like the correct move.
Trading him to NYK now at least guarantees our 23 pick back, and perhaps another guard (Quickly?). As the deadline approaches I'm starting to get stuck more and more on a Boston deal with Smart+Schroeder and trading Brunson to them. Let Boston deal with the Knicks in the summer while we get Smart who's locked up to a moderate deal for the next 5 years.
Randle isn't worth a 1st AND our 2nd best asset on the team. Further where does Randle fit here? He's come back to reality after his hot shooting season. He dominates the ball. I do like his ability to pass and be a third ball handler, but if NYK wants Brunson I'd ask for Barrett not Randle.
So then Brunson leaves for free. You think you can find a player of Randle´s quality in free agency for the MLE? Or just a 1st round pick.
They are not trading Barrett. I´d want him to, but it seems clear that the Knicks intention is to re-unite Reddish, Barrett and Zion. Brunson seems to be the designated PG. Between paying Brunson 20M plus max extensions for Barrett/Zion, plus whatever Reddish gets, I think Randle becomes very tradeable.
Plus we know Randle wants to play for Dallas. Worst case you bring him off the bench and let him murder 2nd units and run the whole offense through him.
Also want to take a wild guess how many percentage points separate the career 3pt FG% percentage of Randle and Porzingis. You´ll probably be surprised. Perception is everything in this league.